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Kentucky Health - Proposed Modifications to Application

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On August 24, 2016, Kentucky submitted an application for a five year section 1115 demonstration, entitled "Kentucky HEALTH." On July 3, 2017, Kentucky submitted modifications to the pending HEALTH demonstration application, which removes their request to expand presumptive eligibility sites, removes the graduated hour requirements for the community engagement and employment requirement, and requests authority to implement a lockout for failure to report a change in circumstance. The federal public comment period will be open from July 3, 2017 through August 2, 2017.

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ID: #229341 on Jul 28th 2017 1:45 pm

Kentucky HEALTH - Proposed Modifications to Application

Kentucky HEALTH - Proposed Modifications to Application

We encourage the public to submit their comments on Medicaid.gov as they relate to demonstrations open for public comments. In support of transparency and open government, all public comments received are immediately posted and are in the public domain. Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services staff will review all public comments posted and we reserve the discretion to delete comments that are generally understood as any of the following: obscene, profane, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate.

If people get kicked off medicaid, people will die. Resources that existed before the ACA don't exist anymore because they were no longer needed with so many more people were covered. If you make these changes, you will kill people.

As for the work hours, it would make people who have to balance school and part and full time work have to add another 20 hours of labor to their lives. Most minimum wage jobs don't offer the flexibility to make this possible. A full time student's schedule would not generally allow this so easily either. I personally can't afford to put 20 hours of additional work per week toward something that's not going to keep a roof over my head and keep me fed. Your proposal that this be a requirement is ridiculous.